[ubuntu-uk] Ide to sata

[Rob Beard]

Matt Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 6:17 PM, John Davis <davisjo at wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>   
>> This is not a linux question as such but I know someone will know the
>> answer!
>>
>> My computers hard drive is full. I have finally persuaded the Missus to have
>> a go at Ubuntu. I would like to buy a 500 gig SATA hard drive Partition it
>> half for Wind**s and Ubuntu as the main.
>>
>> I know I have to get an IDE to SATA adapter. My question is; does my 2 dvd
>> drives need to be connected to this adapter or do they connect to the
>> motherboard as normal ? Can I also use one SATA hard drive with adapter and
>> a normal IDE hard drive connected to the mother board ? In order to empty
>> the hard drive already fitted by dragging and dropping?
>>
>> The pc is 6 years old and a Hewlett Packard.
>> Any tips welcome
>>
>> John
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>
> You will need a PCI SATA card, they are <£10 on ebay and generally
> have 2 SATA ports on the cheaper ones. I have one with a VIA chipset
> and it works fine with all flavours of linux I have tried with it.
> Leave the other drives as they are, put the SATA PCI card in and
> connect the drive data cable to it.  You will probably need an adaptor
> cable for the drive power as the newer SATA drives don't use a molex
> connector but a slimmer edge connector. The adaptor should only be a
> couple of quid.
>   
I'd second this.  Although I believe it is possible to get IDE to SATA 
adaptors (to convert the IDE on the motherboard to SATA), I gather they 
only work for one drive per IDE connector on the board, so I'd agree and 
say getting a PCI SATA card would be your best bet.  That way you can 
leave all your IDE drives connected as they are.

Rob